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Greater  New  York 

ILLUSTRATED. 


OVER  ONE   HUNDRED  AND   FIFTY   PHOTOGRAPHIC  VIEWS  OF  THE 
FOREMOST   CITY   OF   THE   WESTERN  HEMISPHERE. 


1905  ■. 

RAND,  McNALLY  &  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS. 
Chicago  and  New  York. 


Copyright,  1897,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 
Copyright,  1899,  by  Rand,  McXally  &  Co. 
Copyright,  igoi,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 
Copyright,  1902,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 
Copyright,  1904,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 


Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gu  t  ( )r  Si  ^  ^1ouR  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


TABLE  {)V  CONTENTS 


I 'AGE 

American  Museum  of  Natural  History  ....  195 

American  Surety  Co.'s  Building   5Q 

Astor,  Mrs.  John  lacili,  Residence  of  .  .  .  .171 
Battery  Park  and'W w  V.  .rk  Bay,  from  Roof  of 

Washington  Buildiut,'  o  JO 

Blackwell's  Island,  Soutli  Knd   .i7 

Bowery,  The   1 1 

Bowling  Green  Buildiny   47 

Bridges,  Pr..-;|KCt  Park,  BP".kl\ti   247 

Brighton  Bcacli,  C-iux    IMaml   2<;i 

Broad  Street,  I,^..ikin;;  S.nuli  It^hii  Wall  Street  .  71 

Broad  Street,  Lfiiikmg  Nwrtli  fr.nn  Beaver  .     .    .  40 

Broadway,  Looking  North  from  Murray  Street  .  oS 

Broadwav  and  Bond  Street  to  Tenth  Street  .    .  105 

Brnadwav,  Looking  North  from  Post  Office  .  .  S3 
Broad\va\'  and  I'ilth  Avenue,  Junction  of  .     .  .137 

Broad\va\'  from  Tenth  Street  to  Union  Scjuare  .  log 

Broadwav,  Looking  North  from  E.xchange  Place  Si 

Br.">klyn  Bridge   2.^% 

Brooklyn,  Fulton  and  Court  Streets   241 

Brooklyn  Savings  Bank   243 

Casino   14Q 

Castle  William,  Governor's  Island,  New  York 

Bay   19 

Calvary   Church   i2g 

Central  Park,  East  Drive   i.Si 

Central  Park,  Fountain  and  Lake   nSj 

Central  Park,  View  of   183 

Century  Club   163 

Church   and    Library,    Sailors'    Snug  Harbor, 

Staten  Island     27 

Church  Missions  House,  Entrance   159 

City  Hall  Park  and  New  Buildings  on  Broadway  91 

City  Prison   103 

Coffee  Exchange   ...  63 

College  of  Pharmacy   iS5 

Colonial  Club   203 

Columbia  University,  Library  of   20Q 

Columbus  Monument  175-177 

Conklin,  Roscoe,  Statue  of   89 

Consolidated  Stock  and  Petroleum  Exchange  .  si 

Corn   Exchange  Bank   65 

Dakota    Flats   201 

David    Island    ....    39 

Delmonico's   61 

Dun  Building   75 

Empire  Building   57 

Fidelity  &  Casualty  Co.'s  Building   63 

Fifth  Avenue,  Fifty-first  to  Fifty-second  Street  .  161 
Fifth  Avenue,  Looking  North  froin  One  Hundred 

and  Twenty-sixth  Street   227 

Fifth  Avenue,   Looking  South  from  Twenty- 
second  Street   131 

Fire  Headquarters,  Brooklyn   239 

Fuller  Building   135 


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Fort  Schuyler   30 

Fort  Wadsworth,  Staten  Island   19 

Gansevoort   Market   117 

Gould's.  Geo.,  Residence   197 

Grace  Church   ....  .107 

Grand  Central  Station   151 

Grant's  Tomb,  Riverside  Drive   221 

Hale,  Nathan,  Statue  of   89 

Hall     of     Architectural     Casts,  Metropolitan 

Museum  of  Art   189 

Hall  of  Records   91 

Herald  S<|uare   143 

High  Bridge   233 

Holland  House   145 

Hotel  Waldorf-Astoria   147 

Hotel  Majestic   199 

Hotel  Margaret.  Columbia  Heights,  Brooklvn  .  2?7 

Hotel  New  Netherland                                      .  i73 

Hotel    S,i\oy   173 

Huntington,  CoUis  P.,  Residence  of   171 

Judson  .\Ieinorial  Baptist  Church   113 

Knickerbocker  'I  lu  .iti  r   149 

Liberty,  Statue  oi ,  I'mut  View,  from  Southeast  .  23 

Liberty,  Statue  of.  Side  View,  from  West  ...  25 

Life  Building   139 

Looking  Southwest  from  New  York  and  Brook- 
lyn Bridge   13 

Looking  South  from  New  York  and  Brooklyn 

Bridge   15 

Madison  Square  Garden   137 

Mail  and  Express  Building   77 

Manhattan  Life  Insurance  Co.'s  Building  ■    .    .  S3 

Matthews,  J.  H.,  Residence  of   205 

May  Parties,  Central  Park   191 

Memorial  Arch,  Brooklyn   233 

Metropolitan  Club   153 

Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art   1S7 

Montauk  Club,  Brooklyn   245 

Moonlight  on  New  York  Bay   21 

Morningside  Park  223-229 

New  East  River  Bridge   237 

New  York  Bay  from  I3attery   7 

New  York  Ba\'.  a  Misty  Morning  on   17 

New  V..rk  Cit\  Hall   97 

New  York  Clearing  House   61 

New  York  Life  Building   loi 

New  York  Post  Office   85 

New  York  Stock  Exchange,  Interior  of  ....  73 

Normal  College   193 

Ocean  Steamers  in  Berths,  North  River  .    ...  41 

Ocean  Steamers  Outward  Bound   255 

Park  Row  Building   87 

Physics,  Department  of   153 

Printing  House  Square   93 

Proctor's  Fifth  Avenue  Theater   141 


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Produce  Exchange     ...   29 

Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn  .    .   249 

Raf)id  Transit  Tunnel  103 

Residences   Northeast  Corner  Madison  Avenue 

and  Fiftieth  Street  16;; 

Riverside  Drive  and  Grant's  Tomb  219 

Riverside  Drive,  Looking  North  from  Grant's 

Tomb    21S 

Riverside  Drive.  Looking  North  from  One  Hun- 
dred and  Twelfth  Street   211 

Riverside  Drive,  Looking  North  from  One  Hun- 

,  dred  and  Twentieth  Street  213 

Riverside  Drive  and  One  Hundred  and  Eighth 

Street   207 

Salvation  Army  Building  119 

Sectional  Dry  Dock  and  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard  .  3s 

Singer  Building  '75 

Sixth  Avenue,  Looking  North  from  Fourteenth 

Street  Station  of  Elevated  Railroad  .    .  .121 

Society  of  American  Artists  163 

Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Monument   217 

Sound  Steamer  Lea  ving  North  River  Pier  .  .  33 
South  Street,  Looking  South  from  Coenties  Slip  .  43 

South  Street.  Scenes  on   45 

St.  Bartholoniew's  Parish  House  .  ...  .  155 
St.  Francis  Xavier  Church,  Interior  of  .    .         .  12S 

St.  James   Building  133 

St.  Luke's   Hospital  225 

St.  Patrick's  Cathedral  ...   157 

St.  Patrick's  Cathedral,  Interior  of  159 

St.  Paul  Building  81 

St.  Paul  Chapel .    ...         ...         ...  79 

St.  Thomas  Church  167 

Stock  Exchange  Building  .    .   49 

Temple    Beth-El   145 

The  Mall.  Central  Park  .    '  179 

Trinit)  C'  lire':!,  from  Wall  Street  67 

Union  S  |ii  ir-  123 

United  Stall  s  Sub-Treasury   69 

United  State,  Trr.-t  Co  6s 

Vanderbilt,  C  rnelie.s.  Residence  of  169 

View    from    Brooklyn,    showing    East  River 

Bridge    5 

View  from  Grant's  Tomb  217 

View  from  North  River  s 

View  Looking  Northeast  from  Roof  of  Office 

Building,  b6  Broadway  31 

View  Looking  Southwest  from  Roof  of  Office 

Building,  66  Broadwav  11 

Wall  Street  and  Trinity  Church  67 

War  Vessel  in  New  York  Harbor  .    ...         .  253 

Washinet-n    Hn<l.e  231 

WashniLton   .Mens.nal  Arch  m 

West  Street,  Looking  North  from  Rector  Street  .  99 
Work  House,  Blackwell's  Island  37 


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PHOTO.  COPYRIGHT  BY  IRVING  UNDERHILL. 


LOWER  PART  OF  MANHATTAN  BOROUGH-View  from  North  River. 


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CHURCH  AND  LIBRARY,  SAH.OR'S  SNUG  HARBOR— West  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island. 

R.  W.  Gibson,  Architect. 
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VIEW  LOOKING  NORTHEAST   lT<O.M  ROOF  OF  OFFICE  BUlLlTNi;,  (>(.  KROADWAV 


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SOUND  STEAMER  LEAVING  NORTH  RIVER  PIER. 

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I'ORT  SCHUYLER  — Entrance  to  Long-  Lsland  Sound. 


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SOUTH  STREET,  LOOKIX(r  SOUTH  I'ROM  COEXTHCS  SLIP. 


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THE  COFFEE  EXCHANGE  OF  THE  CITY  OF 
NEW  YORK— 113-117  Pearl  Street. 
R.  W.  Gibson.  Architect. 


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CORN  EXCHANGE  BANK— Corner  William  and 
Beaver  Streets. 
R.  H.  Robertson,  Architect. 


UNITED  STATES  TRUST  CO. —45  Wall  Street. 

R.  W.  Gibson,  Architect. 


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UUN  BUILDING. 
Northeast  Corner  Broadway  and  Reade  Street. 


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PRINTING  HOUSE  SQUARE. 
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THli  CITY  HALL — In  City  Hall  Park,  between  Broadway  and  Park  Row,  opposite  Murray  Street. 

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GANSEVOORT  MARKET— West  and  Washington  Streets,  Gansevoort  to  Little  Twelfth  Street. 

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SIXTH  AVENUE— Looking  north  from  Fourteenth  Street  Station  of  Elevated  Railroad. 


121 


CALVARY  CHURCH —  Twenty-first  Street  and  Fourth  Avenue. 


129 


GRAND  CENTRAL  STATION  — 


Forty -second  Street,  Vanderbilt  Avenue,  and  Deijew  Place. 
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ST.  BARTHOLOMEW'S  PARISH  HOUSE  — 205  East 
Forty-second  Street. 
Renwick,  Aspinw.^ll  &  Renwick,  Architects. 


COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY  —  1 15  West  Sixty-eighth  Street. 
Little  &  O'Connor,  Architects. 

155 


ENTRANCE,  CHURCH  MISSIONS  HOUSE  —  Southeast 
Corner  Fourth  Avenue  and  Twenty-second  Street. 
R.  W.  Gibson,  Architect. 


159 


INTERIOR  OF  ST.  PATRICK'S  CATHEDRAL. 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  ARTISTS— 215  West 
Fifty-seventh  Street. 
H.  J.  Hardesbergh,  Architect. 


RESIDENCE  OF  THE  LATE  CORNELIUS  VANDERBILT— Fifth  Avenue,  Fifty-seventh  to  Fifty-eighth  Street. 

George  B.  Post,  Architect. 
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HOTEL  NEW  NETHERLAND-Northeast  Corner  Fifth 
Avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  Street. 
Wm.  H.  Hume,  Architect. 


HOTEL  SAVOY— Southeast  Corner  Fifth  Avenue  and 
Fifty-ninth  Street. 
Ralph  H.  Townsend,  Architect. 


COLUMBUS  MONUMENT  AND  PLAZA— Broadway  and  8th  Avenue  and  59th  Street  entrance  to  the  Park. 

The  greatest  surface  line  exchange  point  in  the  city. 


175 


THE  MALL,  CENTRAL  PARK. 
179 


FOUNTAIN  AND  LAKE— Central  Park. 
185 


METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  ART-Hall  of  Architectural  Casts. 

189 


NORMAL  COLLEGE— Park  and  Lexington  Avenues,  Sixty-eighth  to  Sixty-ninth  Street. 

193 


GEO.  GOULD'S  RKSIDKN'CK  —  Fifth  Avenue  and  Sixty-seventh  Street. 

197 


HOTEL  MAJESTIC 


—  Central  Park  (West),  Seventy-first  to  Seventy-second  Street. 
Alfred  Zucker,  Architect. 
199 


THE  DAKOTA  FLATS— Northwest  Corner  Central  Park  (West)  and  Seventy-second  Street. 

H.  J.  Hardenburg,  Architect. 
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RESIDENCE  OF  JOHN  H.  MATTHEWS,  ESQ.— Northwest  Corner  Riverside  Drive  and  Ninetieth  Street. 

La.MB  &  Rich,  Architects. 
205 


RIVERSIDE  DRIVE— Looking  North  from  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth  Street. 

211 


RIVERSIDE  DRIVE  — Looking  North  from  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  Street. 

213 


RIVERSIDE  DRIVE— Looking  North  from  Grant's  Tomb. 

215 


GRANT'S  TOMB.  RIVERSIDE  DRIVE. 

221 


ST.  LUKE'S  HOSPITAL— West  One  Hundred  and  Thirteenth  Street. 
View  from  Morningside  Park. 
225 


FIFTH  AVENUE,  LOOKING  NORTH  FROIVI  ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-SIXTH  STREET. 

227 


MORNINGSIDE  PARK. 
229 


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IN  PROSPECT  PARK,  BROOKLYN. 
249 


WAR  VESSEL  IN  NEW  YORK  HARBOR  — Armored  Cruiser  "  New  York. 

253 


OCEAN  STEAMER  OUTWARD  BOUND. 
"The  Kaiser  Wilhelm  der  Grosse." 

255 


